* Eighty percent of tea-party Republicans say their vote for Congress will be to send a signal of opposition to President Obama, while just 45% of Republicans not inclined toward the tea party and 33% of all Americans feel similarly.
*While a majority of tea-party Republicans wants to see the health-care law eliminated, non-tea-party Republicans and Americans overall want to see the law kept in place, with most preferring either major or minor modifications.
*Sixty percent of tea-party Republicans oppose raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, while 54% of non-tea-party Republicans and 63% of Americans overall favor raising it.
* There are also divides on women’s issues, which have proved to be a significant stumbling block for several Republican candidates. While 67% of tea-party Republicans say they are less likely to vote for a candidate who favors a woman’s right to an abortion, only 12% are more likely to do so. Republicans who don’t support the tea party are more mixed (32% more likely, 38% less likely). And 43% of Americans overall say they are more likely to vote for a candidate who favors a woman’s right to an abortion (vs. 32% of Americans overall who are less likely).

As Republicans continue to select nominees for November, the question is whether those victorious in the spring will embrace the tea party too much to be viable in fall.

Jeff Horwitt is a vice president at Hart Research Associates and is part of the polling team for the WSJ/NBC Poll. He is on Twitter: @jeffhorwitt

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